Allison asked Elizabeth Hoyt:

I love a bad boy in a romance. And when I say bad boy, I mean a really really bad boy. Charming Mickey is one of my favorite heroes in all of print. So I am very much looking forward to a very bad boy in Duke of Sin. You do a particularly great job writing an anti-hero. Is it more fun to write a bad boy, or do you get the same enjoyment out of all your heroes?

Elizabeth Hoyt So, generally my process is this: I'm very, very excited for the NEXT hero or even the hero AFTER that. Never the hero I'm actually working on because, you know, WORK. But something very odd and, in my experience, unique, happened with Val. I LOVED writing his book. I loved Val. I loved his dialogue. I loved his inner thoughts. I loved his quirks. I loved the character. To the point where when I finished Duke of Sin I had this post book let-down. I've had a hard time finding the excitement for Alf and her duke (which, believe me, is not a reflection on their characters but rather the after-affects of Val.) I honestly think Duke of Sin is the best book I've ever written. If nothing else, it's the book I most enjoyed writing.

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